Showing posts with label Anti terrorism law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anti terrorism law. Show all posts

Thursday, December 31, 2015

Russia welcomes adoption of counter terrorist legislation by China.


Russia welcomes adoption of counter terrorist legislation by China.(RBTH).

Russia is confident that the adoption of legislation on fighting terrorism in China will help further consolidate counterterrorism cooperation between the two countries.

"We are confident that the adoption of the said legislative act will help further consolidate dynamically developing Russian-Chinese counter terrorism cooperation within the framework of privileged strategic partnership between our two countries," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a commentary available on its website on Dec. 30.


The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China passed legislation on fighting terrorism on Dec. 27.

Moscow and Beijing "stand up concordantly in favor of preserving the UN's central coordinating role in global anti terrorist efforts, which should be free from politicization and preconditions, setting up a broad antiterrorist coalition to combat ISIS [a terrorist organization banned in Russia], and taking comprehensive measures to oppose the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters, including in the context of lowering risks for the Central Asian region," it said.


"Not only do Russia and China impartially assess the complicated antiterrorist situation in the world, but they also display preparedness to take joint measures to correct it," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

Sunday, December 27, 2015

New law allows China's People's Liberation Army to undertake counter terror missions overseas.


New law allows China's People's Liberation Army to undertake counter terror missions overseas. (NewsIcrosschina).

A new Counterterrorism Law makes it legal for China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) to get involved in antiterror operations abroad.

According to the law approved by China's top legislature on Sunday afternoon, the PLA and China's armed police forces could carry out counterterror missions overseas with the approval of the Central Military Commission.

Public security and national security authorities could also send personnel overseas for counter-terrorist missions, but these must be approved by the State Council and agreements signed with the countries concerned.

China has studied U.S. and European Union laws in drafting its own counterterrorism bill which requires tech firms to assist security authorities to prevent and investigate terrorism, an legislative official said here Sunday.

At a press conference held at the end of a week-long session of China's top legislature, Li Shouwei of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee legislative affairs commission, admitted that a number of countries and enterprises had voiced concerns about certain provisions in the law.

He pointed to Article 18 of the new law, which requires telecom operators and internet service providers to provide technical support and assistance, including decryption, to police and national security authorities in prevention and investigation of terrorist activities.

Li said the rule accorded with the actual work need of fighting terrorism and was basically the same as what other major countries in the world do.

"The clause reflects lessons China has learnt from other countries and is a result of wide solicitation of public opinion," he added.

"(It) will not affect companies' normal business nor install backdoors to infringe intellectual property rights, or ... citizens freedom of speech on the internet and their religious freedom," Li said.    

The law, which goes into effect January 1, was criticized by Western countries while it was being drafted, particularly over its cyber provisions. U.S. President Barack Obama and the U.S. State Department objected publicly to the law's requirement that overseas technology firms submit product encryption keys to the Chinese government as a condition for doing business in China.

 A key is a way of encoding messages so that two parties using communications software can exchange messages privately without fear of eavesdropping.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Pakistani ISIS sympathizer planned to bomb US consulate in Toronto, Foiled by undercover CBSA.


Pakistani ISIS sympathizer planned to bomb US consulate in Toronto, Foiled by undercover CBSA. (NAPO).

A Pakistani man arrested by immigration officials this week is an ISIS supporter who had plotted to bomb financial buildings and the U.S. consulate in Toronto, the Canada Border Service Agency alleged at a hearing Wednesday.

Jhanzab Malik, who came to Canada as a student in 2004, told an undercover police officer he had attended training camps in Libya and wanted to build an explosive device to conduct attacks in Toronto, the CBSA said.

Believing the undercover officer was a veteran of combat in Bosnia, he attempted to recruit him by showing him ISIS beheading videos and encouraging him to watch the lectures of al Qaida figure Anwar Al-Awlaki.

He was arrested on Monday following what the CBSA called a “lengthy investigation” by the RCMP Integrated National Security Enforcement Team in Toronto. He faces no criminal charges at this point but is being deported.

Since arriving in Canada, Mr. Malik made several trips abroad that the government has been unable to explain. He became a landed immigrant in 2009 after he was sponsored by his wife, from whom he is now separated. He has been arrested several times for fraud and violent crimes.

The government is attempting to deport him on the grounds he is a security threat. The hearing in Toronto, which occurred under tight security, was to determine whether he should be detained while Ottawa tries to deport him. Hmmmmm.....Any would be terrorists Just come to Canada, all you risk is ......Deportation? Read the full story here.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Video - "Politicization of police" - Michael Coren and Lorrie Goldstein discuss the politicization of policing during Idle No More protests.

Video - "To Serve and Protect?" - Police chiefs ask government for advice about Idle No More blockades.



HT: SunNews. TORONTO - Under fire from the judiciary and media, Ontario's police chiefs are turning to the provincial government for advice on how to proceed with enforcement of court orders to break up Idle No More protests.
In a letter dated Jan. 9, Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police president Steve Tanner asks Community Safety Minister Madeleine Meilleur for advice.
Some First Nations chiefs have declared Wednesday a national day of action with blockades planned in several locations across Ontario, including the Ambassador Bridge, North America's busiest border crossing.

"I am writing to ask you, as the minister responsible for community safety in the province of Ontario, to advise what the ministry's expectations and position is with respect to the appropriate police response in these types of protests," Tanner writes.

In the letter, Tanner says the priority of police at Idle No More protests is to "keep the peace."
"Our police leaders and the men and women on the front lines have been working hard at doing just that, despite what one might perceive from media reports."

Tanner also said previous court rulings and oversight recommendations place the priority on "peacekeeping" and give chiefs of police "discretionary powers" when it comes to enforcing court orders concerning public safety.
The same day Tanner penned the letter to Meilleur, Premier Dalton McGuinty told media the province wouldn't give direction to police on how to handle Idle No More protests. "In our democracy, we do not direct the police, that would be inappropriate," he said. "They make their own operational decisions on the ground. We'll leave that in their capable hands."
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